Belvidere police photos show armed robbery suspect

BELVIDERE — The Belvidere Police Department, today, released security camera photos of a gunman responsible for a weekend armed robbery at the North State Street Aldi grocery store.

BELVIDERE — The Belvidere Police Department, today, released security camera photos of a gunman responsible for a weekend armed robbery at the North State Street Aldi grocery store.

According to witnesses, a man entered the store at 1021 N. State St. at or shortly before the 7 p.m. closing time Saturday and displayed a handgun. The gunman then tied up two employees, demanded and received money and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Neither employee was injured during the incident.

The gunman is described as black, about 5-feet-8, weighing 180 pounds, with short black hair and last seen wearing a black baseball cap.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Belvidere Police Department at 815-544-2135 or Crime Stoppers at 815-547-7867.